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Gas Explosion at Fla Jail Kills 2, Injures More Than 100

An inmate says she and other inmates had complained of smelling gas ahead of an apparent explosion that rocked a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates and injuring as many as 150 people.

Monique Barnes says she was knocked off her fourth-floor bunk in the explosion late Wednesday night in Pensacola. She told The Associated Press the explosion shook inmates so hard ``it was like we were in an earthquake.''